Who We Are & What We Do
Hope for Tomorrow, Inc. (HFT) is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit social service agency that operates three (3) highly-structured, clinically-guided, substance-free homes, in Kane County, Illinois, for thirty (30) adult men (26 civilian & 4 veteran) suffering from the disease of substance use and/or mental health disorders. Our mission is to provide professional, ethical, and compassionate evidence-based clinical and residential services that empower our clients to transform their lives and permanently reintegrate into society as accountable, responsible, and substance-free citizens within the community. Our vision is to provide a safe, secure, and nurturing environment where people can overcome the obstacles that prevent them from achieving their life's purpose while finding their way back to a loving relationship with a God of their understanding. We are committed to operate with integrity, uphold resident rights, promote health, recovery, safety, inspire purpose, be good neighbors, and cultivate community. HFT's program goals are to permanently reduce homelessness and substance abuse, prevent relapse, identify and treat mental illness, and aid reintegration into society. Our treatment approach encompasses not only the symptoms of the disease (active addiction) but, more importantly, it addresses root causes such as trauma, shame, abandonment, loneliness, emptiness, and sexual abuse. HFT's belief is that in order to full recovery "from a hopeless state of mind and soul," individuals must "Build their lives around recovery instead of building recovery around their lives"®. We believe that incorporating a comprehensive, recovery home approach to the treatment of substance use and mental health disorders provides and accountable, responsible, productive, and self-sufficient lifestyle that benefits not only the individual, but all of society. Hope for Tomorrow does not discriminate and provides services to all persons regardless of race, ethnicity, creed, gender identity, gender orientation, HIV/AIDS status, or financial ability to pay. We offer a tangible, replicable, solution-focused, and evidence-based approach to an intensifying psychosocial problem. Hope for Tomorrow is the only agency of its kind in the city of Aurora, as well as Kane, Kendall, Kankakee, DeKalb, Will, Grundy, Ogle, Lake, McHenry, and Winnebago Counties to offer uniquely licensed Recovery Home service to the intensifying epidemic of homelessness, substance abuse, and mental health disorders. Our goals are to holistically address the following community needs, all of which are identified as “top-ranking priorities” in the city of Aurora, Fox Valley United Way, and Kane County's Consolidated Plans:
Reduce the use of mood-altering substances in Kane County and the surrounding communities. Reduce dependence upon state and local welfare programs. Reduce homelessness in the Kane County communities
Reduce crime, incarceration rates, gang involvement, sexual assaults, and substance-seeking criminal behavior. Reduce domestic violence, child abuse/neglect, and dissolution of marriage. Reduce incidences of su***de and homicide in the Kane County communities. Reduce occurrences of mental health disturbances (e.g., major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, post-traumatic disorder) in men, women, and U.S. veterans. Increase employment among vulnerable populations. Increase the reunification of families returning health/substance-free parents to their children. Increase tax revenues by transforming addicted individuals (which drain the state, local, and governmental budgets) into productive, employed, responsible, law-abiding citizens in the community.
